tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70442995361948207812024-03-06T10:47:10.495+11:00Little lead men of valourNeil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-72176185459169584952018-02-12T10:57:00.000+11:002018-02-12T10:57:04.161+11:00Touching base..January update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well
we are now into February already and it’s time to check in on the past month to
fill in the gaps not covered by the past few posts.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Painting and purchased
tally 2018:</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well the year’s painting tally
has yet to get off the mark but I did do a reasonable amount of work during
January. My efforts focused on two areas, Bush Wars and Soccer players.</span></span></div>
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fun game of Striker (See previous post) I decided that I want to play more of
this excellent game and would like a bit more variety in the teams I can play.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">So I headed off to Eureka
miniatures and picked up two more teams (14 players per side with substitutes). While I was there I also picked
some nice farm animals for general tabletop scatter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This brought my month’s
purchases to 37.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I decided that I would paint up
one team as West Ham United and the other team as Tottenham Hotspurs. I’m not so much of a
perfectionist to paint away strips for teams so I make sure that the teams I
paint can play in their normal colors and will not clash with my other teams. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As soon as I got these home,
they were cleaned up,based ,and undercoated (in white) in quick fashion and I
started painting them. Unfortunately they weren’t finished before the end of
the month so they will go into February's totals. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The other project was Bush Wars
vehicles. I assembled two trucks and a couple of helicopters and undercoated
them in white. In assembling the helicopters and vehicles I had to check myself
when it came to the interiors. As they are supposed to be wargame models not
scale models (and the models don’t come with crew figures) I decided that I
don’t need to paint the interiors and can just paint the windows blue and that
will be okay. </span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">However I cannot rule out one
day painting the interiors so I glued the glass in with PVA glue (easily
removable) and before spraying with white undercoat spray I gave all canopies/windows a
thin coat of Vallejo primer medium. This medium is a type of rubber polymer so
I should be able to carefully peel it away to expose the clear glass if I ever want to convert back to a scale model.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some brass tubing and "Knead-It" polymer putty for a helicopter mount.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I have three Resin APCs for
Bush Wars but they aren’t the best quality so I decided to go on eBay and I
purchased three BTR-60PB to replace them. The resin APC will be sold off. These
new models should arrive next month.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Once the APC are assembled and
undercoated I can finally break out the air brush and do all the camouflage
paint jobs in one go. Then it will be a relatively quick job of painting the
details and weathering the models.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I will also have to print off
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A old Hound for troop transport and every African despot must have a Hind gunship! <br />
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project there is talk that I should paint up an UmBongo national soccer team to
play arch rivals Umgawaland. I could imagine a fierce match between these two
African minnows interrupted by a pitch invasion by a T-62!!</span></span></div>
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games of ECW, Striker, and Dragon Rampant (to be covered in a later post). On
the board game front we played Labyrinth (with the new goblin expansion) and
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feel to the Labyrinth game and does share some similar mechanics. We did have a
bit of an issue with the Garthim rules but this was fixed a couple of days
later with a quick Errata by Riverhorse. It’s a bit annoying this error wasn’t
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kickstarters, the first was Fourth Quarter football. A miniatures board game
based on American Gridiron and the second was U-Boot a cooperative board game
where the players are controlling a WW2 German U-Boot with an interactive App
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Hello all,<br />
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Well I'm trying to increase my blog post frequency so that it becomes more of a habit and I am able to continue posting regularly through out the year. So below is a game report from last Saturday's game of Striker! played at the club with clubmate Chee-Yan Hiew.<br />
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I was playing Manchester United. It was Chee's first game (although he had watched a game previously) but he quickly grasped the concepts in the rules and the game was very competitive and as you will see, went right down to the wire.<br />
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If you are interested in finding out more about this fun game you can follow the link below or search for the Striker group on Facebook.<br />
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http://www.strikertablesoccer.com/<br />
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The clash of Premier league giants results in tense match.<br />
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United and Chelsea met on Saturday in the Croydon Invitational Cup with both sides looking to impress as they look towards the opening of the 2018 season. United was the favourite based on past form and were expected to start the year strongly, while all eyes were on the new Chelsea manager Chee-Yan Hiew to see if he could open the year with a good performance.<br />
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The game got underway with United making a move down the left wing but a wayward pass saw the ball out of bounds and Chelsea took control. Immediately Chelsea started promisingly with nice ball movement before being stopped by the strong United defense.<br />
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<i>Action gets underway in the Croydon Invitational Cup.</i><br />
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The game then settled down into a battle of the midfields with both sides working well but unable to crack strong defensive play.<br />
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The first chance of the game came with a break through by United who surged towards goal but the final pass was overcooked and the Chelsea keeper was able to safely take the ball.<br />
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The Chelsea players came in for some rough treatment by the United midfield with Number 8 putting in a rough challenge on a Chelsea mid fielder and receiving a yellow card. The resulting free kick and Chelsea attack was eventually cleared by the United defense and they counter attacked strongly. The break through came in the 24th minute with United scoring off the boot of Andy Cole.<br />
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<i>United makes another breakthrough! </i></div>
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<i>1-0 United. Cole works his magic! </i><br />
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<i>A nasty challenge from the United defender but the ref has missed it! The Chelsea fans are not happy!</i><br />
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After the restart Chelsea pressed forward but again they were denied by the United defense who had not been seriously tested so far. Possession then switched back and forth with neither side mounting any promising attacks.<br />
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In the shadow of half time United worked a nice passage of play that put the striker with only the Chelsea keeper to beat but the shot was deflected round the corner and United went into the break ahead on the scoreboard but ruing missed opportunities to put Chelsea away.<br />
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<i>Missed chances on the day almost cost United the win. </i><br />
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The second half got underway with Chelsea in attack trying to find a chink in United's defensive armour. This passage of play gave Chelsea their first serious chance but the United keeper was up to the challenge and put in a good save to keep Chelsea scoreless. United again rebounded strongly in attack but a miss-communication between the United strikers enabled the Chelsea keeper to again recover the ball safely.<br />
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Chelsea finally got into a groove and mounted a promising passage of play aided by some free kicks from United for rough tackles. Chelsea worked methodically and were able to level the score in the 78th minute with a nice shot from the Chelsea striker.<br />
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The tension in the match markedly increased with the restart with both sides trying to work a sequence of play that would give them a chance to break the deadlock. It looked like the game would end in a draw after a promising United build up came undone after a pass went astray and Chelsea recovered for their final attack.<br />
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However at this critical moment a defensive error saw United intercept a pass and launch into the final attack of the match. This time there was no mix up with the United Strikers combining nicely to put the ball into the back of the net in the 89th minute to secure a 2-1 victory.<br />
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So United took the three points on the day and probably should have made better work of their chances but Chelsea also impressed under their new manager and a draw would have been a fitting result for his debut. Chelsea can definitely build on this performance as they look towards their next match.<br />
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Well its still holiday time mostly in Australia and so, since its quiet, I can write a few extra Blog posts.<br />
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This weekend I had my first game for the year. It was time to get the Battleroom back in action and so with the promise of a fun game and a nice BBQ lunch, I invited my ECW buddies Tom, Richard and Jon for a game of Pike & Shotte.<br />
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Richard & Jon were keen to get all of their Scots on the table, so we came up with a fictitious Scottish brawl scenario where two Scottish forces, one Royalist (Jon & Tom) and one Parliament (Richard & myself) were opposing each other. Tom's royalist English and my Parliamentarians added a few regiments to bolster the opposing forces.<br />
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We ended up with three brigades per side consisting of two brigades of foot and one brigade of Cavalry.<br />
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Here are the opposing forces with Parliament on the left and Royalists on the Right.<br />
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A road bisected the battle field and it was obvious that this would be where the armies would clash.</div>
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Both sides advanced towards the road with the Parliamentarians winning the race and got off the first volley's of the battle.</div>
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Of course with muso mate Jon (guitar) we had to have an impromptu play as a warm up to the battle.</div>
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All in all the day was an excellent way to kick off the gaming year with good company, good food and a good game. You can't ask for more than that!</div>
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Do you like…Gladiator movies?</div>
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Okay well how about Gladiator miniature games? Well I
certainly do, and Gladiators was a nice small project to work on over the
Christmas break.</div>
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A fellow club member had picked up a bunch of gladiator
figures on the cheap and had been talking about getting some games in (and
maybe running a short campaign) in 2018.</div>
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Old Glory (West Wind) have a nice Gladiator range of figures
and so I took the opportunity of a larger Old Glory order to add in a couple of
packs of Gladiators. The first pack consisted of five medium gladiators
(shield, helmet, greaves) and the second pack had light gladiators (nets etc.)</div>
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So, over the Christmas break, after being full up on Turkey,
ham, beer and other seasonal indulgences I cracked open the packs and got them
based and undercoated.</div>
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Painting was in my usual style. A nice neat base coat mainly
with Vallejo acrylics followed by a wash of GW Agrax Earthshade. Once dry I
then went back with the original base colours and added a highlight.</div>
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Here is the result. I am quite happy with the final paint
job. The ten figures were completed over a few days.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So now I had my
Gladiators but they needed an arena to fight on. I wanted to make a nice simple
arena that would be big enough for games of 10 or so miniatures. A smaller
arena typical of ones on the fringes of the empire. I decided on a diameter of
35cm for the arena. I then cut out a circular arena from 9mm MDF board with a jig
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Now I have seen quite a number of Gladiator rule sets over
the years. Some have used squares for movement, others hexes, while others
still just used a tape measure with freeform movement.</div>
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In the end I opted to make the arena double sided. One side
was marked in 30mm squares. This would be suitable for a rule system like
Jugular (Gripping Beast) while the other side was marked out for the rule set
Red Sand Blue Sky (Two Hour Wargames) which uses an area movement system. </div>
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After marking out the areas I used a saw to score in the
lines. </div>
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It was then time to add the sand.</div>
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I covered the board in PVA glue being careful not to get any
glue in the lines and then covered the board with sand. Once dry and all the
excess sand was removed I started painting. </div>
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Painting was a series of heavy wet brushing. I started with
Burnt Sienna followed by a 50/50 mix of Burnt Sienna & Yellow Oxide. Then I
applied a coat of Yellow oxide and finally to finish I used Unbleached
Titanium. I used cheap acrylic craft paints for all the painting.</div>
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Lastly I added a few blood splatters for atmosphere ! <span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span></div>
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Now to get some games in…</div>
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Ave Imperator!!</div>
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Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-56577368326928989972018-01-09T12:12:00.002+11:002018-01-09T12:12:46.582+11:00Labyrinth The boardgame my potted review!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have had this game for just over a year and thought i would post a short review on my thoughts on the game.<br />
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components are excellent. It really captures the look of the movie and
puppets as you can clearly tell by the miniatures which are a joy to
paint.<br /><br />The game itself really
does a good job of capturing the feel of the movie with all the notable
scenes and locations covered. Of course you find yourself reciting
scenes from the movie as you play.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g">Willing victims...errr participants!<br /><br />The game
mechanics are fairly simple. It's a cooperative game with each challenge
generally involving a dice off against a particular characters skill :
speed, wit,and brawn.<br /><br />The rules encourage
cooperative play because if two characters occupy the same area they can
decide whose skill rating to use for the challenge.<br /><br />However
if a character has fallen into the bog of eternal stench they stink so
much they cannot cooperate with fellow characters!</span></span></span><br />
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<span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g">If you fail the challenge you lose willpower and can end up in the Oubliette where you lose a turn but can regain willpower.<br /><br />The
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and defeat the Goblin king otherwise Toby is turned into a goblin!</span></span></span><br />
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<span class=" UFICommentActorAndBody"><span data-ft="{"tn":"K"}"><span class="UFICommentBody _1n4g">Overall
I think this is a fun family game. It is probably aimed at a younger
audience (kinda like the movie) as the mechanics are fairly simple.
Older players may become bored after a few games.<br /><br />The new Goblin expansion adds a few extra rules and should enhance the playing experience.</span></span></span><br />
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Hello again and its time for my latest and rather belated blog update!<br />
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Gee time has flown since my last post back in August. While the blog was quiet (due to laziness and general disorganization on my part) my hobby and gaming time certainly wasn't. So rather than dwell on the lack of blog updates, lets dive straight into my review of the 2017 Hobby year and cast a soothsayer's eye to the year ahead.<br />
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First up: The painting tally.<br />
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Well this year, for one reason or another i was unable to match the output of the previous year with only 190 miniatures painted. I also yet again failed to reach my target of 365 miniatures for the year.<br />
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On the purchases front i was a lot less disciplined with 535 miniatures purchased although those numbers were given a massive upsurge with the arrival of a certain kickstarter (more of that anon!)<br />
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in reviewing my painted versus purchased tallies since i started keeping records (2015) i have managed to paint 666 miniatures while purchasing 1,468. That results in a 45% return on painted figures. I need to work on increasing that percentage this year!<br />
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This year my painting efforts focused in the following areas:<br />
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Superheroes -28mm<br />
Bush Wars -20mm - 80s Imagi-nations Africa<br />
German 1/1800 predreadnought ships<br />
Early Imperial Romans -28mm<br />
Labyrinth boardgame miniatures<br />
Gladiators - 28mm<br />
Frostgrave miniatures<br />
Napoleonic Russians - 28mm<br />
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So a fairly diverse range of periods and genres.<br />
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No major terrain projects were undertaken this year due to lack of time and available space in the garage.<br />
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Now onto the gaming:<br />
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<b>My Top 5 games for the year:</b><br />
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Some favorites from last year were still popular but other games were a surprise appearance.<br />
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Number 5: <b>Chain of Command</b><br />
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I really enjoy this game. I have played it in two different scales, 15mm for Eastern front and 28mm for North Africa. However i haven't played it as much as i would like with shorter games more commonly played on club nights. This is a game i certainly want to play more of in 2018.<br />
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Number 4: <b>English Civil War</b><br />
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A regular favourite that gets at least 3 or 4 outings per year. We mostly play this period using the Blackpowder: Pike & Shotte rules but in 2017 I experimented with some rule writing and we playtested a few games of my rules. Some encouraging results but still a few bugs to work out. We will definitely play more games of ECW in 2018.<br />
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Number 3: <b>Super System, 4th edition</b><br />
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I couldn't resist the lure of Super Heroes bashing each other and throwing cars. I painted up my own Superhero team and played several games of this fun and exciting game. The game is even better when played on a fantastic city terrain setup by clubmate James Wright (Check out his blog here: http://leadcapes.blogspot.com.au/ ) Another game that should occupy my gaming this year.<br />
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Number 2: <b>Frostgrave</b><br />
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Last year's favorite game was still a game that occupied a lot of my gaming. This year will probably involve finishing off a few bits and pieces for my existing collection before branching out into one of the many expansions. I have purchased an MDF Dungeon set for "Into the Breeding Pits" scenarios.<br />
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Number 1: <b>Striker!</b><br />
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Striker! is a ruleset for playing football games. Its written by a local chap here in Victoria who is a professional soccer coach. These rules finally gave me the impetus to paint up my soccer players from Eureka miniatures that i had lying around for several years.<br />
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The game is a lot of fun and really does capture the excitement of a soccer match. Several players at the club have teams now and one clubmate got really excited and built himself a nice stadium.<br />
We have been working a fair bit with the author on the next edition trying to work out a couple of minor issues with the ruleset and developing some sort of player/team advancement table and a league/campaign system. The author does not appear to be much of a gamer so he doesn't necessarily grasp what appeals to gamers in a rule system. He developed the rules initially as a coaching tool for players.<br />
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This year i want to purchase a couple more teams to paint up. I currently have Manchester United and Chelsea, but I think I will add a couple of contrasting colored teams like West Ham Utd or Aston Villa and Totenham Hotspurs or Derby County.<br />
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<b>Sharp's Practice</b> Another Lardy gem that I only got to the table a couple of times this year. I need to work on a French force to oppose my Russians and I want to also get into the ACW with SP.<br />
I purchased a bunch of Perry ACW figures in 2017 exactly for SP.<br />
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<b>Force on Force </b>This is the rule set we are using for the Bush Wars Imagi-nations gaming in Africa in 1980s. I only managed one game this year but it has some appealing mechanics that I will be keen to try more of in 2018.<br />
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I've never been much of a boardgame player, however over the past couple of years i have fallen to the lure of Kickstarter and backed several boardgames. I was able to play a few games this year and definitely want to increase the number of games played. The advantage of quick set up and pack away is a nice feature of boardgames. Unfortunately a lot of boardgames these days are supplied with gorgeous miniatures which are crying out to be painted which means that the unpainted pile isnt getting any smaller!<br />
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<b>Labyrinth the Boardgame </b><br />
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A nice family cooperative game that does capture the feel of the film and the miniatures are simply lovely! The game is a race against the clock to save baby brother Toby from the Goblin King. In all our games it has gone down to the wire with us saving Toby on the 12th or 13th (last) turn.<br />
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<b>Commands and Colors-Napoleonics</b><br />
<b><br /></b>I picked this game up in 2016 and finally was able to play a few games this year. It is a really fun and exciting game that gives a nice Napoleonic feel although I am not really sure the firing mechanics reflect Napoleonic battles. However as a tatical challenge its a lot of fun. I am now keen to buy the Ancients version as I think that will work even better historically.<b> </b><br />
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<b>Battle of Britain</b><br />
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Another Richard Borg classic game reimagined by The Plastic Soldier Company via kickstarter.<br />
The kickstarter itself was handled poorly by PSC with poor communication throughout and some serious issues with the plastic planes. There have been a lot of complaints of bent models.<br />
I was able to fix my planes with some boiling water but to PSC's credit they have acknowledged the problem and have taken the massive step of remaking all the planes in a less flexible plastic.<br />
This will be great as I ordered a lot of extra planes to use for WW2 dogfight games. I should recieve the new models sometime early this year along with a large scale map board so I can use croupier sticks to push planes around just like in the movie!<br />
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As for the games itself the game components are great quality and the game play is a lot of fun. This will definitely get played a lot more in 2018.<br />
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2016 was a huge year for backing kickstarters. 2017 was a bit more controlled. Here is what I backed.<br />
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<b> Obsidian 3D Printer</b><br />
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<b> </b>I have wanted a 3D printer for a while and finally took the plunge with this little beauty. It will be delivered sometime in 2018.<br />
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<b>Everlasting: The Best Wet Palette</b><br />
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1061749597/everlasting-the-best-wet-palette-for-miniature-pai<br />
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I use a wet palette often in my painting. I have improvised one with a tupperware container but its not perfect. This product looks like it should work very well.<br />
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<b>3D Printable Tanks by 3D wargaming</b><br />
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Well since I will soon have a 3D printer, I need some models to print! You can get free models on websites like Thingiverse but they are usually quite poor quality. These models are extremely well sculpted and for a small amount of money i will get a heap of tank models. These models will probably cover the vast majority of models I will need for my WW2 gaming.<br />
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And finally I had a nice big package arrive just before Christmas. My Mythic Battles: Pantheon kickstarter. I had been so excited waiting for this game and it didn't let me down. The quality and volume of miniatures is simply some of the best I have ever seen! I havent had a chance yet to play it but this will keep me very busy in 2018.<br />
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<b>And so looking forward....</b><br />
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Well that was the hobby year 2017. A pretty busy year even if i didn't paint as many miniatures as i hoped.<b> </b><br />
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So what are the plans for 2018? Well in short, consolidation. In my gaming I want to continue to play my existing games. Chain of Command, Sharp Practice and Lion Rampant are three games I want to get to the table more often in 2018. Frostgrave, Striker, Supers etc. will still get a regular outing.<br />
If I do take on any new projects they should be small. Small in size and also small in the amount of time i need to invest to get it to the gaming table. <br />
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On the painting front I will still aim for my target of 365 miniatures. I already have several projects to work on which if i complete most of them will put me well on the way to meeting my target.<br />
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Bush Wars. I have about a dozen vehicles to finish to complete my UmBongo force.<br />
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The UmBongo military expansion in full swing! <br /><br />
Early Imperial Romans. I am aiming to finish a sizeable Roman army to start playing Hail Caesar sometime in late 2018. In my painting pile I currently have about 70 odd miniatures to clear my current Roman stockpile.<br />
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SAGA Anglo-Saxon army. I have resisted the Dark Ages bug for a long time but this year I will finally paint a 6 point army. All the figures are bought and ready to go once I finish with the Romans.<br />
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Afrika Corps Platoon. I need to make an opposing force for my Desert Rats.<br />
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ACW Union army for Sharp Practice. In 2017 I picked up a bargain deal on a bunch of Perry ACW plastics and want to play some raiding type games.<br />
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And of course I have over 100 Mythic Battles miniatures to paint, some of which are huge!<br />
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On the Terrain making front 2018 will be a year of refresh. My European terrain is looking a bit tired. I want to make some new trees and hedges. Give my existing buildings a bit of a spruce up and make a few more buildings. I use this terrain in so many games so it is overdue for some maintenance.<br />
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Likewise my North African buildings are also in need of a refresh. Since we are planning to play a lot more Chain of Command North Africa games this year I need to breathe new life into these buildings.<br />
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As for new Terrain projects, I have three in mind. The first is new terrain mats for Europe and North Africa using Teddy Bear fur. I have seen some fantastic results using this material so I have picked up a roll of fur and some clippers and will get stuck into these early in 2018.<br />
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And finally my major project that will be useful for ECW and Lion Rampant is a castle!<br />
I purchased a very nice castle from Old Glory but it needs a dedicated base with moat to really finish it off.<br />
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So that's it! 2018 already is shaping up to be another busy year. Please check back from time to time for an update.<br />
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All the Best!<br />
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Cheers<br />
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Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-13040195509893895302017-08-08T10:47:00.002+10:002017-08-08T10:47:58.187+10:00In the Jungle, the mighty Jungle....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello again,<br />
Okay so this small Bush Wars project has got a little out of hand....<br />
The idea was simple enough. Buy some cheap 20mm (1/72) soft plastic moderns, give them a quick paint job and get in some fun imagi-nations gaming in East Africa using the Force on Force rules.<br />
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But with everything these days, things escalated. First I had to have some APCs for my infantry platoon, so I picked up three resin eastern bloc APCs and a Land Rover. I then needed some armour. So that's three T-62s. <br />
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<em>Some clean up and an airbrushed camo scheme and they are almost ready for the jungle</em><br />
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Oh and now we are getting helicopters. I now have a MiL 4 (Hound) transport chopper and a MiL 24 Hind helicopter gunship!<br />
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<em>Some nice kits picked up at the club sale night. These two kits cost $30. Bargain!</em><br />
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<em>Zvesda HMG team for $7! A couple of quick head swaps and they were ready for Bush Wars</em><br />
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My one consolation is that most of these purchases were cheap, either second hand or from eBay. The APC and T-62 were about $8 each and the Land Rover $5. The NVA Italeri plastics (50 figures) cost me $17. The two choppers cost about $30 and the two trucks are about $30. The HMG team was new from Zvesda and cost me $7.<br />
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The most expensive purchase were the two rulebooks which I picked up second hand (in mint condition) for $60. <br />
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So the whole project has cost me around $200. Not that bad really. I was able to get most things for half price or less.<br />
The platoon and HMG teams are now completely painted. <br />
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The NVA figures converted quite nicely to Bush Wars Africans.<br />
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The conversion of the NVA figures was fairly minor. The NVA pith helmets were cut with a scalpel to make them look like floppy hats and some figures had rice pouches on their back or chest which were also removed with a scalpel. A few figures were wearing shorts that again were removed with a scalpel and some putty added to bulk out the bare legs to make trousers.<br />
A coat of paint and all is hidden. The end result is not too bad.<br />
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I now need to fire up the air brush to quickly paint all the vehicles<br />
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My UmBongo force will get its first action in the next couple of weeks so I really should get around to reading the rule book.<br />
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The imagi-nations Bush wars project has really taken off at the club with at least six players with finished forces and more people planning on joining in. We hopefully will have a map of all our countries soon. We have a range of factions, soviet backed regimes, US or Western backed (UK & France) plus some mercenary groups all with varying degrees of tongue in cheek, non PC names.<br />
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Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-7420528889270751032017-07-03T13:41:00.000+10:002017-07-03T13:42:01.940+10:00Mid year update from Little Lead men of Valour!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Well time certainly does fly! I last posted back in March!<br />
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Well even though the blog was quiet, have no fear, things were still happening on the gaming front.<br />
So this post will provide a quick (if somewhat eclectic) summary of my recent projects and I will go into more detail in subsequent posts.<br />
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In brief the following things have occupied my time:<br />
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Firstly, Romans! I have been working on a bunch of Early Imperial Romans to build up my Hail Caesar army. I have around 80 odd Romans nearly completed. When finished it will take my army up to about six infantry units. That will leave me with a box of Roman auxiliary and a box of Praetorians to clear my Roman plastic pile.<br />
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Secondly I seemed to succumb to the imagi-nations Bush Wars chatter at my local club which saw me getting in modern wargaming! and in 20mm as well!<br />
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Anyway I picked up a box of Italeri North Vietnamese soldiers which when modified slightly have painted up very well as a generic soviet backed African force for my fictious country the democratic republic of Umagunnahidabongo (or UmBongo for short).<br />
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UmBongo forever!<br />
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Finally I have spent some time completing my Super hero team for the upcoming Super System campaign starting this month at the club. Team Quasar added two new members. I rejigged the stats of the original members who performed poorly in their last outing. The campaign kicks off this Friday. I have also made a start on a villain team for gaming at home. The figures are all Heroclix conversions.<br />
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On the gaming front I have mainly been playing Frostgrave and Striker! with the odd game of Sharp Practice or Chain of Command thrown in. I have also played some games of Commands and Colors Napoleonics which is also a fine game (review coming).<br />
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Desert WW2 action with Chain of Command<br />
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Somewhere in Germany 1813.... Italians versus Russians<br />
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Striker! has really taken off at the club with at least four other club members now running teams.<br />
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Board game fun with Commands and Colors Napoleonics<br />
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The painting tally has been pretty poor thus far this year. I currently stand at 78 painted versus 294 purchased! Not what I originally planned for the year, but I picked up a great deal on some Perry ACW figures and some Seven Years War Austrians for Sharp Practice and of course there was the Bush Wars diversion.<br />
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I also picked a really nice MDF Dungeon set from Battlefield Accessories. This set will be perfect for Frostgrave games set underground or any other fantasy dungeon bash gaming. I have already ordered extra wall sections to expand on this start set. I'll post a more in depth review soon.<br />
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I really need to buy another soccer team for Striker! and I think I may finally give in and get some stinky Vikings for SAGA.<br />
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Last November I posted about the new tabletop soccer rules called Striker and my painting of a pair of soccer teams.<br />
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Since posting the pictures of my pitch and teams on our club page a few club members expressed an interest in giving the game a go, so last Friday we finally set up the game and got stuck in.<br />
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We had given the rules a quick read through and fully expected the game to run slowly at first, but speed up as we grew more familiar with the rules and so it proved. By the time we stopped play we were moving along quite nicely, only checking the rules when we had to handle a free kick or corner.<br />
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The game turn is broken into phases of attacker (the team with the ball) and defender. Each phase has a number of actions that can be performed. These include moving a player off the ball, passing the ball, dribbling the ball, kicking ball into space and running with the ball (a combination of kicking ball into space and moving off the ball). For defenders it normally means moving players off the ball and tackling with a couple of special "defensive moves" that we'll cover later.<br />
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The turn sequence consists of attacker (4 actions), defender (2 actions), attacker (4 actions) and lastly defender (3 actions). On the completion of this 4-2, 4-3 sequence the time clock is advanced one phase with 30 such phases making one half of football. If at any time there is a change over in possession or play stops because the ball went out of play or there's a free kick the whole sequence is restarted (and the time clock advances).<br />
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As you can see the attacker gets more actions in the sequence and this really allows the game to flow quickly and lets the attacker set up some nice combinations of passes and player movement. The defender can only really react to the attacker.<br />
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Passing is fairly straight forward; measure the distance, and roll a d8 to see if a pass is successful. A pass can fail, in which case it can scatter from the target player or position where it is collected by the closest player. It can be successful but an imperfect pass. This means the player has the ball but could not control it enough to advance the ball in that sequence or the pass can be a perfect pass in which case the player with the ball can then carry out another action.<br />
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When a player with the ball is tackled the two players roll a d6 each with the highest number winning the challenge. Defenders get +1 modifier for tackling and there are other modifiers depending on the direction of the tackle. If the defender wins they steal the ball. If the attacker wins the defender is beaten and moved past the striker potentially opening up the defense. If the rolls are tied then there is likely a foul which may result in a free kick, yellow cards etc. Players can choose to make a professional foul but the outcomes are usually bad for the offending player.<br />
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<em>Chelsea defence foils another United attack as the defender successfully tackles the United Striker and runs the ball out of danger!</em><br />
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These sequence of actions, the passing mechanics, and tackling mechanics are quite easy to pick up and the play really starts to move along quite nicely. I found the game develops its own narrative as you play and you can almost imagine the commentators calling the game.<br />
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If an attacker strings five consecutive passes together they have "momentum" this forces the defender to automatically move a player out of position potentially opening up the defense. This rule is a way to simulate the "one touch, tiki taka" style of play.<br />
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One thing I think this game would have benefitted from is a basic explanation of the offside rule. I think I know the rules of soccer okay but even I was stumped by one situation when I was unsure if the attacking player was offside. We allowed the play to continue and it turns out on review I was wrong. The player was offside.<br />
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One thing that is missing from the rules is any form of campaign or league system or a way for a team or players to gain experience. Teams can be grouped in Tiers for passing and tackling so a Tier 1 team is slightly better than a Tier 2 team. However it is not too difficult to run a campaign/league and experience could easily be incorporated using either a variation of the Tier system or just adding re-rolls e.g. An experienced striker can reroll when shooting on goal<br />
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In my final summary of these rules I would say they are really quite good and provide an exciting and fun simulation of soccer. Several onlookers at our club were suitably impressed and are already talking about getting some teams from Eureka miniatures (<a href="http://www.eurekamin.com.au/" id="id_c744_80c0_fa6c_d89b">www.eurekamin.com.au</a>) and painting up their favorite teams. Maybe we'll even get a league going!<br />
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Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-55787529011122094982017-01-08T12:42:00.001+11:002017-01-08T12:42:50.962+11:002016: A year in review....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Our games have focused so far, just on the scenarios in the main rulebook, so we have plenty of gaming to look forward to as we work our way through all the expansions. I just recently completed my final purchases (a bear and a vampire) to complete my Frostgrave Bestiary from the main rule book. I expect a fair amount of my 2017 hobby time will involve adding the creatures from the expansion books and building the scenario specific terrain pieces. I am looking forward to painting some Barbarians from Northstar (lovely figures!)<br />
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My painting total for the year has ticked over 250 miniatures. I think that was a pretty good effort but a bit shy of the 365 I was aiming for. Next year, if I focus on projects where the figures are more "uniform" like Romans for example, I can probably boost that total. However with around 350 miniatures purchased for the year I certainly need to rein in my purchases so the lead/plastic pile doesn't increase.<br />
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Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-89639652904661914432017-01-08T11:10:00.001+11:002017-01-08T12:43:35.398+11:002016 final painting totals and my top five games of the year.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Painting and purchasing totals for 2016: My final total of painted 28mm figures for the year was 267. 98 short of my target but a good total.</div>
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My first game I ran a Summoner warband but the game was a complete disaster. My warband was virtually wiped out by one very stubborn ghoul. I recovered no treasure and my wizard received a permanent injury to boot! I decided that it would be better to scrap the warband and start again from scratch. This time I decided on an Enchanter warband and he has faired much better. In the next couple of games I still haven't managed a victory, but I have been able to collect some treasure, level up my wizard and progress slowly. Some of the other players wizards are advancing quite rapidly.<br />
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Last weekend we decided on a big ECW battle to finish the gaming year. We have quite a few players now at the club fielding ECW forces. I am quite pleased with how this period has grown in popularity at our club since I first started my army way back in November 2009!<br>
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I was for Parliament, ably supported by fellow Parliamentarian Leith, and stoic Commander of the Scots contingent Jon.<br>
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On the Royalist side I was opposed by John with my arch nemesis Tom taking the centre :) and fellow "wrong but womantic woyalist" Ian commanding their left flank.<br>
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We decided on a huge "everything on the table" game and ended up with five brigades per side. I was in command of the left wing consisting of one brigade of pike and Shotte (4 units) and the main cavalry force of four units supported by two commanded Shotte units.</div>
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Here are the initial deployments with Parliament on the right and Royalists on the left. (sorry for the blurry photos)<br>
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In our centre Jon commanding the Scots was tasked with pushing the Royalists out of the village. He managed to occupy one building but the fight here was a stalemate with neither side gaining the upper hand.</div>
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Here you see my defended left flank against the massed horse. John the Royalist right flank commander advance his infantry on his left and began a firefight with my infantry brigade. He had the support of two medium guns which started to tear holes in my ranks. He then moved a cavalry unit to the left of the trees to charge my musketeers and punch a hole in our line.<br>
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His cavalry charged into my musketeers and in the ensuing melee destroyed one unit of shotte. The fight had reached a critical stage. Another round of melee would most likely destroy the remaining shotte unit and my brigade would be close to breaking. <br>
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It was at this moment that Sir William Waller commanding the brigade took the initiative and attaching himself to a pike unit issued a follow me order and charged in to the melee. The ensuing fight swung back to parliament and the cavalry were forced to retire beyond his guns out of weapon range shaken.<br>
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On my left my commanded shotte and the infantry in the trees were quite effective in their musket fire causing many casualties among the Royalist horse and causing disorder. The fire coupled with the fact that John was new to command and probably a bit more cautious than you would expect outnumbering his foe two to one. Hesitated in his advance, even at one point pulling his entire line back out of musket range. His single supporting unit of commanded shotte lost the firefight against my two commanded shotte units and was shaken.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Meanwhile on the rest of the battlefield the Scots were stalled in the centre as was our far right flank. Leith commanding the right centre decided to force the issue and charged his line into contact with the Royalist foot. A mass melee ensued.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img id="id_9899_2f62_19ba_de23" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3RVzyAOJsBwmDOa_psXdRjlEpVUR1vXm9aTxUGtQ5S-5MEvOSXG9gCcydYXPjulxA_rwq3aVUKXf6hIecY4MYWzTksqR_6nIiU0oX-eg_3zDFqMCJ4jkK7mPeMFvhQyfDj71gfFoes2o/" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Finally John launched his cavalry forward against my commanded shotte. These stubborn men held their ground and gave a volley tearing into their ranks as they charged home. The commanded shotte fell back leaving his horse blooded and ripe for my cavalry counter attack.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><img id="id_1695_d19a_41d6_9567" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2BBNLafIAdM/WFpDjNSS_6I/AAAAAAAAB9I/K7OJjTM2AT0/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">In the ensuing fight one enemy horse unit was destroyed and another shaken. As they fell back my cavalry followed up with a sweeping advance destroying another unit of horse and causing another to be shaken. However I lost one unit of horse who failed a break test.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">But by now the damage was done with two units destroyed and three shaken units John's brigade was broken!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">My brigade was still in good shape and had the battle continued on I may have swept the field and have been able to take the Royalists in the rear.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Leith and Ian had fought a massive melee with neither side claiming the honours.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">As time was called on the game Parliament had a narrow lead but the battle in the centre was likely to determine the final outcome.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Another fantastic game. The Pike and Shotte rules really work well with these really big battles.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br>
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Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-82139163055247390952016-11-20T19:46:00.001+11:002016-11-20T19:46:20.196+11:00Ere we go! Ere we go! Ere we go!Painting miniatures is a funny hobby. For some people, the painting part of the hobby can be seen as a chore and a necessary evil that must be done before one gets to enjoy the "gaming" part. This may mean that figures are given a rudimentary paintjob or worse not painted! Some gamers who still appreciate the aesthetic of our hobby but can't stand the hours of painting, will employ the services of a professional painter.<div><br></div><div>For my part the "look" of the game ranks almost as highly as the gaming aspect and I always want my games to have the appearance of a moving diorama. I cannot stomach the idea of paying someone to paint my miniatures and I am blessed with having a reasonable amount of artistic talent that has been improved over time with lots of practice. I therefore spend most of my hobby time painting miniatures or making attractive terrain.</div><div><br></div><div>However inspiration is a fickle beast and my enthusiasm for a particular project can ebb and flow like the wind. One moment I am gung-ho attacking a project with gusto only for the energy to disappear overnight. This means my painting table is covered with many "in progress" projects.</div><div><br></div><div>This year I have flitted from Frostgrave to Russian WWII to Roman legionarys to Medievals to Mars Attacks to Russian Napoleonics to Super Heroes!!</div><div><br></div><div>And so I flit again....</div><div><br></div><div>I don't even know how this one happened. One moment I was painting Russians Napoleonics and then I find myself not only painting soccer players but also planning to build a football pitch to play my games.</div><div><br></div><div>Several years ago I purchased from Eureka Miniatures a soccer set. This set consisted of two soccer teams (15 figures per side) plus two linesman, a referee, two goal posts, corner flags and a streaker to boot! At the time I didn't have a particular rule set in mind to play a game. I do recall there being two commercially available rulesets (I think one was called Corner kick). However I didn't get around to buying a set and so the figures sat in the lead pile waiting. While I moved on to other projects.</div><div><br></div><div>It must have been a post or something on Facebook which lead to some web browsing and "hey the rules are available in PDF and cheap!" A few mouse clicks later and a PDF copy of these rules arrived in my email inbox.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_f173_1270_38f5_c1d8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DGLrZ6gRFAQ/WDFi0GsKG1I/AAAAAAAAB7Y/f4NLe8_NdQ8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 453px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>On a first quick read through the rules appear quite good and not overly complicated, which is what you want when playing a fast moving tabletop soccer game. It appears the author lives in Victoria which will make clarification of rules easier.</div><div><br></div><div>So now I have some rules so I need two teams and a pitch to get playing.</div><div><br></div><div>The Eureka soccer players appear to be around 20mm sized. Since you won't mix these with other games the figure scale doesn't really matter.</div><div>The poses are good, the players look realistically animated and there is enough variation in the poses that you will only end up with one or two of the same pose.</div><div><br></div><div>I gave them a quick clean up (very minimal flash), mounted them in 20mm round bases and undercoated them in white. My favourite team is Manchester United and I decided on Chelsea as the opponent mainly because the blue is a nice contrast with United's red.</div><div><br></div><div>Online you can find historical uniform guides for both teams. The figures uniforms are not strictly modern looking. I think they seem to have the style of the mid eighties so I checked the historical uniforms around this time and came up with an approximation of that look. The uniforms will not be an exact copy but capture the right feel. I have decided against adding players names or any sponsorship because frankly, it's too hard to paint!</div><div><br></div><div>Here are a couple of in progress shots of both teams. You can see the myriad of other projects in the background crowding the painting table.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d71b_e62d_cead_1822" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FuF8lY5aHVw/WDFi0XHG_BI/AAAAAAAAB7c/gqdGN1jsSk8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 703px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_fbe2_ce65_38a_602c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4KmDzoVXZGg/WDFi0rE5-FI/AAAAAAAAB7g/3ZOrWdbhnio/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 704px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_16ff_4337_722e_2093" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfyquCQjzoV9KZ7eHQKWCCDE3smg9ZggB4a8SUHY-lL0wXewB82NKN-NDUer-OAOf1zthRBrDrGXRNqH8I7Ey5jyiMivMwl1bWX8wBBqnSlNn_D0iba4ILJHi38VDTiz87wjkiH52lxq0/" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 704px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I'll post again when I have finished the teams and started working on the pitch.</div><div><br></div><div>Bye for now.</div><div><br></div>Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-45145083739038577522016-11-04T15:04:00.003+11:002016-11-16T15:36:22.690+11:00Look! 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Something has been bubbling under the surface for a number of years at LLMV (Little Lead Men of Valour).<br>
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I am a fan of super heroes. Not a huge obsessive OTT fan, but I do enjoy super hero films, and in my time I did collect a number of different super hero comics (Iron Man, Silver Surfer, Avengers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). Actually on the comic front my main obsession was with British comics Eagle and 2000AD.<br>
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Fellow clubmate James Wright (his blog "Lead Capes" has a link on the right) has been running superhero games for a number of years. He has an impressive superhero collection and a fantastic city terrain set up.<br>
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His rule system of choice is Super System (now in its 4th edition). Its a nice tidy system that captures the flavor of superhero combat without being tied in to any particular franchise. His games could easily see Hell Boy, The Hulk and Batman battling it out on the tabletop. However the best fun is in creating your own heroes, inventing a backstory and working out their super powers.<br>
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Over the past couple of years I have picked up a bunch of heroclix figures (mostly leftovers from James' collection). I have planned to use some of them as the iconic heroes they are, but the more obscure figures can serve as a starting point for conversion into my own personal heroes.<br>
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James is planning on running a short series of linked games during November so I took the opportunity to finally get out the scalpel and green putty to modify some clix figures into a new three person hero team.<br>
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Lastly the Colossus character is the brawn of the team. Super Strong, fairly fast and resilient. Not much in the brains department. Just point him at an enemy and let him loose!<br>
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Just a quick one. As I mentioned before I have started playing Sharp Practice 2 for Napoleonic skirmish games. The rules are a lot of fun and that has got me motivated to get back to painting some Napoleonics.<br />
These stoic chaps have been on my painting table for over a year sitting about 80% done. So I put in a couple of days to finally finish them off.<br />
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I give you the 1st battalion, New Ingermanland infantry regiment.<br />
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All the miniatures are Perry Miniatures plastics. They are lovely figures!<br />
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With this finished battalion I now have three complete battalions and a couple of artillery pieces and limbers completed. On the painting table I have another battalion at about 30% complete plus a unit of Russian Dragoons which I'm looking forward to painting.<br />
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I am still a long way off getting in a game of Black Powder with these chaps but Sharp Practice will keep me busy until then.<br />
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Oh after taking the photos I realized that I had attached the regiment flag upside down Doh!<br />
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Flags are by GMB designs by the way.<br />
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BTW if you're interested in the reasoning behind the title of this blog post check this out:<br />
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We it has taken me nearly two years but I have finally got some paint on these Martians.<br />
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The Mantic Mars Attacks Martians are really nice miniatures that paint up very nicely however there are a couple of issues with them.<br />
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Firstly the Martians are made from a soft plastic type material that is called Restic (resin/plastic?)<br />
This material is a bit of a pain to work with. Firstly when you look at the unpainted figure you may see bent rifles and warped bases which will not straighten no matter how much you try and bend them back. This is actually quite easy to fix.<br />
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You get two bowls of water, one holding boiling water and the other ice water. Using some pliers hold the figure in the boiling water for about 30 seconds. Then take it out of the water and using your fingers straighten rifles,bases etc. anything that is warped. The plastic has a memory in it and will easily bend back to the position it was in when originally injection moulded.<br />
Then when satisfied with the final position (don't take too long) dunk the figure in ice water to set the plastic. You can do this several times until you are satisfied that everything is straight and in their original positions.<br />
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The next step in preparing the models for painting is removing the flash from the moulding process.<br />
This was when the issues with restic material really stand out. Now generally with white metal figures or hard plastic i.e.. polystyrene, removing flash is a fairly straight forward process. Most of the flash can be removed by scraping the flash with the side of a scalpel blade. Any stubborn flash (particularly on metal) can be removed with a little filling using a small needle file.<br />
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Restic flash cannot be easily removed. You cannot scrap the flash off because the material tends to burr and not easily slide off. You also cant file the material as you end up with a rough finish.<br />
The only way to remove the flash is to carefully slice it off with a scalpel blade. You have to be very careful to cut off the flash without cutting away part of the model. The scalpel blade must be really sharp to do this. Needless to say that this process can take a lot of time because the martians actually did have a fair amount of flash on then.<br />
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So after I had cursed and complained for an hour or so my miniatures were now straight and flash free and ready for undercoating. There appears to be some residual mould release coating on the miniature that can cause the undercoat not to adhere to the surface so you should clean the miniatures in warm soapy water with a gentle scrub of an old toothbrush. <br />
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Once dry I applied the undercoat. For this I used Vallejo undercoat medium applied with a brush.<br />
I applied two coats and ended up with a nice grey base coated miniature. I almost never undercoat my miniatures in black anymore. Black obscures the detail and wrecks light colours. I used to use Black so I could get the black outline effect on my miniatures but I find that is easily achieved with a wash of Games Workshop Agrax Earthshade instead.<br />
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Below is the paints I used to paint my Martians. Most are Vallejo (excellent paints) with a couple of GW paints including the most important, the Agrax Earthshade wash which I use in about 99% of my painting these days. <br />
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The painting process was fairly straightforward. A nice neat straight paint job. No shading our highlights at all. Give the whole miniature a wash with Agrax Earthshade and when dry go back with the original colour and paint the highlights. Sometime I add just a little white to the base colour to give a final highlight.<br />
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Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-45205195388677946222016-09-15T17:25:00.001+10:002016-09-19T22:22:19.021+10:00Ice Ice Baby! (building Frostgrave terrain part two)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In this post we will continue with our Frostgrave terrain making extravaganza! <br>
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Previously we had got to the stage of firing up the hot wire cutter and got stuck into some polystyrene foam to produce our first ruined wall section. We had sculpted in the detail and glued the foam wall to a piece of MDF.<br>
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While you were away I got a bit carried away with the wire cutter and this is what I produced...</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9j98v6RCPtH2xAnG4wJ3GF5DA9f6QXC1qrYtTW73wObBAZ0QCg1wr4IOSQawBn4aIwn1dHef-cg_Tglj3iAVLVeHMjCVRk5i_3z04YS0mzDO2oO8Jts70BItRRnZy8jwxF1gY7v2e5A/s640/blogger-image-1449902808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge9j98v6RCPtH2xAnG4wJ3GF5DA9f6QXC1qrYtTW73wObBAZ0QCg1wr4IOSQawBn4aIwn1dHef-cg_Tglj3iAVLVeHMjCVRk5i_3z04YS0mzDO2oO8Jts70BItRRnZy8jwxF1gY7v2e5A/s640/blogger-image-1449902808.jpg"></a></div><br>
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Earlier we used the left over pieces of foam to make larger pieces of rubble, but to make some general smaller rubble I use some cheap kitty litter. I mix some kitty litter with the texture paste and apply it next to the walls to simulate smaller rubble. This can then be handed painted grey after it's dry.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">It's now time to paint our foam ruins. Now for painting all my terrain projects I use cheap acrylic artist paints. Sometimes, if I want to cover a very large area, I will go and get a cheap tin of acrylic paint from the hardware store tinted to the colour I need. To cover these ruins I would use this approach as we have a lot of ruins to paint!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The other option is to use spray paint. Spray painting polystyrene foam is a great way to destroy your foam! The solvents in spray paint will dissolve foam. Remember the acid eating through the floor scene in the film Aliens? That was done with polystyrene foam and acetone!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">However I have recently come across a new spray paint that uses alcohol derived from sugarcane as the solvent. This paint does not dissolve the foam. In Australia the brand I found is called "Sugar". Google "Sugar spray paint" and you should find it. Not sure about an overseas supplier but some Google Fu may find a similar product. The colour range is pretty good and luckily they had both a darker and lighter shade of grey for my ruins.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdg-awChvyz6250XTlDbNu4ncW7CQOx6j6vyrpg1IsQ3hhs8TaRzM8oA6WJmimWW7l3e094fDAIQgPv6TZuMFkPmdNcqKMen3JpusMWBoZi-ixrrNkrrdWhZK_mlEBZMzvN0IDMi4D7Y/s640/blogger-image-1980610677.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrdg-awChvyz6250XTlDbNu4ncW7CQOx6j6vyrpg1IsQ3hhs8TaRzM8oA6WJmimWW7l3e094fDAIQgPv6TZuMFkPmdNcqKMen3JpusMWBoZi-ixrrNkrrdWhZK_mlEBZMzvN0IDMi4D7Y/s640/blogger-image-1980610677.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">If you are going to spray your foam I would apply the texture mix after spraying the foam otherwise it will also end up grey.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A gave all the foam a solid coating of dark grey and then after this was dry a light dusting with the light grey. If you are painting by hand I would start with a dark grey and then progressively lighten the stone work with dry brushing with lighter grey shades.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZm__iz8uaaApSJP-S9GRBfIPWJ860OCaEXZZKfDDmVGCjfLS12QX0LCDt8IukQsVxdYQJkuLBkq483J6_cXHO8AAJjlgM2MB24YLwvjSiNCFF6dxgelFxjOGlqUhv25wT-WnSVl6adUs/s640/blogger-image--1310034375.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZm__iz8uaaApSJP-S9GRBfIPWJ860OCaEXZZKfDDmVGCjfLS12QX0LCDt8IukQsVxdYQJkuLBkq483J6_cXHO8AAJjlgM2MB24YLwvjSiNCFF6dxgelFxjOGlqUhv25wT-WnSVl6adUs/s640/blogger-image--1310034375.jpg"></a></div>You can see the kitty litter rubble in this picture.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpT8pCAN984VdYSZrvuIbS37cx2O0rGn57CB-3se8Dc8wBCoEMHdz3nGjOuIzhujrUGbXhnwTXEDlWtmTntf3SnZWLAEBNGOxq4z4fs4dcPlNkIT0BtmrREmMXXy99Ailq6PbPDSlA16M/s640/blogger-image--1258614114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpT8pCAN984VdYSZrvuIbS37cx2O0rGn57CB-3se8Dc8wBCoEMHdz3nGjOuIzhujrUGbXhnwTXEDlWtmTntf3SnZWLAEBNGOxq4z4fs4dcPlNkIT0BtmrREmMXXy99Ailq6PbPDSlA16M/s640/blogger-image--1258614114.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">So after all this work we will have a series of nicely painted and textured terrain pieces ready for gaming. But wait! This is Frostgrave, and what do we need for Frostgrave? Snow of course!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The snow I use is made by Woodland Scenics and comes in one litre jars. It is not very expensive (it's amazing how much wargame companies charge for a small bit of snow flock!) , maybe $20-25 per jar which is just as well because we will use a lot of it!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The first thing I do when applying the snow is to make the snow drifts. These are the piles of snow that accumulate next to walls,on ledges, and in the corners of ruins. The snow needs to be thicker in these areas so I make up a paste consisting of undiluted PVA glue, white acrylic paint and the snow flock. You can add a little water to aid with the mixing. You want a mix that is the consistency of thick porridge. You can now apply this to the terrain pieces with an icy pole stick and then leave it to dry overnight. It will shrink a little once dry, but you can always add more to get the look you want.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAARA9gUt1bNHYQYsqgfLxG8cmLRVZCGKCfcmQLlaoty7x5nh9yG-AhnrJO9vcId2UqJ-KS5FNZsB63ubHsEUaiPJv-qkaBfC-Qn0_3OQPlCZ2W09RxiCD2r7Rl98Q8T3pG6FhYFqDCy4/s640/blogger-image--1183880960.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAARA9gUt1bNHYQYsqgfLxG8cmLRVZCGKCfcmQLlaoty7x5nh9yG-AhnrJO9vcId2UqJ-KS5FNZsB63ubHsEUaiPJv-qkaBfC-Qn0_3OQPlCZ2W09RxiCD2r7Rl98Q8T3pG6FhYFqDCy4/s640/blogger-image--1183880960.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">We now reach the final step and this will take the longest time to finish. You need to buy a cheap spray water bottle (Cheap because you are probably going to ruin it when you're finished!) and then make up a dilute PVA/ water mix. It needs to be the consistency of thin milk. Spray your entire terrain piece. Really saturate the base area. Now sprinkle snow flock over the entire piece. Leave it for half an hour and then tap off the excess snow. Collect this snow to reuse. You now need to leave the piece to dry (normally overnight). </div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The next day repeat the whole process but this time mainly concentrating on the base area. Keep repeating until you are satisfied with the final look. This may take several days. To finish give the whole piece one final coat of the PVA mix to seal the model.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwbrllBEFVR2HoBw36zeYsPyN0fKA26au2cEr-U_zCEE58w6KRFZzt6zj6n1wObFhPYpNQ7YmFwmfs1E3ZMOuJF3c3_BmnQyyR7pgNsq-L0SFWXKUBRatY3Mt90MpTvYP_er-aHfpMaI/s640/blogger-image-2115504508.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwbrllBEFVR2HoBw36zeYsPyN0fKA26au2cEr-U_zCEE58w6KRFZzt6zj6n1wObFhPYpNQ7YmFwmfs1E3ZMOuJF3c3_BmnQyyR7pgNsq-L0SFWXKUBRatY3Mt90MpTvYP_er-aHfpMaI/s640/blogger-image-2115504508.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">After you are finished on each day, give your spray bottle a good rinse out with water and spray lots of water through the nozzle otherwise the glue will dry and block the nozzle.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">So there you have it! Following this process you will quickly produce a great set of cheap Frostgrave terrain. You could easily use the same technique for Stalingrad ruins for WWII gaming or futuristic gothic terrain for 40K or Warmachine.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">One final tip before I go. Woodland Scenics make a product called water effects. It's a thick white paste that you can apply using an old brush and with the brush you can tease out peaks to represent icicles. When dry the water effects dries clear and you have some cool looking icicles.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">See you soon for the final chapter!</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Bye for now.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div>
Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-53180627515874206022016-09-12T16:44:00.000+10:002016-09-12T17:05:31.743+10:00Is it getting cold in here?? (building Frostgrave terrain part one)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This will be the first of my dedicated Frostgrave posts. As mentioned in my last post, this game has really got the nostalgia bug going in me for D&D type warband gaming. It also helps a lot that the game is a lot of fun too!<br>
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I have had a lot of great comments in person or on Facebook about my Frostgrave terrain. Rather than just use what I had on hand I set out to make "proper" terrain i.e. snow covered ruins for the game.<br>
I wanted a really cluttered table as a terrain dense table makes for better games because some spells have unlimited range (Bone dart! Man I hate Bone Dart!). You need to break up line of sight (LOS) as much as possible.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3Oxm9FAc06eT4WVsl4r8EJ-4q4vWohs6EUvXAS9Y56I6Lns5mUBSQNnII-7v1NnZSS0K3VkBz0bm_lF8ldNpZIQUUQEM6cAJLscZF9ftScvR0SETC1_0b8xx5XOj3yzNElfYvadY9EM/s640/blogger-image--2023309434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3Oxm9FAc06eT4WVsl4r8EJ-4q4vWohs6EUvXAS9Y56I6Lns5mUBSQNnII-7v1NnZSS0K3VkBz0bm_lF8ldNpZIQUUQEM6cAJLscZF9ftScvR0SETC1_0b8xx5XOj3yzNElfYvadY9EM/s640/blogger-image--2023309434.jpg"></a></div><br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Explaining Frostgrave to a potential punter at Games Day 2016 - Nunawading Wargames Association</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">www.nwa.org.au</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8_Lm3w4eZFXyuemqukKshoBR1MFetJJYwlkajI20LmtVUv2CpNEBNCR9RMpu4qqP0GVfLg6Wr2x1PZC_0xJnRmyuADeS9LcfkXYT8DG1e9sCy90BE4LdVBHiY6rUddYlWcyPSL2abKw/s640/blogger-image-157729283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE8_Lm3w4eZFXyuemqukKshoBR1MFetJJYwlkajI20LmtVUv2CpNEBNCR9RMpu4qqP0GVfLg6Wr2x1PZC_0xJnRmyuADeS9LcfkXYT8DG1e9sCy90BE4LdVBHiY6rUddYlWcyPSL2abKw/s640/blogger-image-157729283.jpg"></a></div><br><br>
I also wanted to be able to make a lot of terrain quickly and not spend a lot of money. This post will outline how I went about making my terrain. What materials and tools I used and how I did it.<br>
I am based in Melbourne, Australia so some of the materials and products may not be available in your area but you should be able to find something similar to what I use.<br>
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My basic idea was to use dense polystyrene foam to make the majority of the terrain. Its cheap. Its very light (which was important as I am not always gaming at home) and did I mention its cheap!<br>
Polystyrene foam is a great terrain medium to work with but it can be very messy to work with if you have to carve/cut or sand the foam. You want to be able to cut and carve the foam without having a huge mess to clean up afterwards. This is where the most important tool comes into play...a hot wire cutter!<br>
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Now there are tutorials on the internet about how to make yourself a hot wire cutter with transformers and special wire but working with home made electrical stuff always scares the bejezzus out of me so I don't go near any of that. Especially when there are commercially available hotwire cutters that are not really expensive. Seriously you will be using this tool for years afterwards so get online and order a hot wire cutter!<br>
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The tool I use is just a straight piece of wire. There are other versions that are a kind of loop but I don't see the real benefit of that. The straight wire version is very easy to use and if you use it in conjunction with a metal ruler or straight piece of timber you can cut very straight long lines.<br>
My cutter was purchased from Barnes in Richmond in Melbourne (for us Victorians) however the tool comes from the US and here is the website:<br>
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I purchased a sheet of 19mm dense white polystyrene foam (from Clark Rubber). The sheet cost me around about $20 or so and I think the dimensions were 900mm by 600mm. This one sheet of foam will easily make enough terrain for a 3 x 3 foot gaming board for Frostgrave. The polystyrene should be the dense stuff which cannot be easily broken into bits with your hands.<br>
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I also purchased a 900mm x 600mm sheet of 3mm MDF board which would form the bases for the polystyrene terrain pieces. If you cant get MDF then thin plywood or thick card will also work.<br>
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So plug in your hot wire cutter (you did buy one didn't you?) and wait five minutes for it to heat up.<br>
We will start with something simple to start. Once you have the basics of cutting the foam sorted out you can scale up to bigger pieces and from then on you are only limited by your imagination.<br>
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One quick safety note: Cutting foam with a wire cutter produces some fumes as the foam burns so please do your cutting in a well ventilated area, preferably outside. You don't have to get sick for your hobby!<br>
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Starting at the edge of the foam sheet cut out an irregular shaped piece of foam maybe 15 centimeters long by about 10 centimeters high with one side being the flat edge of the sheet. As you slice through the foam move the wire back and forth so you are getting an irregular shaped cut. It is very easy as the hot wire goes through the foam like the proverbial knife through butter.<br>
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Once you have cut out your shape go back along the cut edge and with the wire slice off the squared edges and use the wire to put cracks and dents into the edge. You want the edge to look worn and crumbling.<br>
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Now we want to add a window in this ruined "wall". Push the wire point first into the foam and through the other side. With the wire still in the foam make a square or rectangle window shape. Pull the wire out of the foam and pop out the piece of foam with your finger. Don't throw that piece away as you can use it for rubble later. You now have your window. Don't be too precise with your cuts when doing this as we are trying to simulate ruins that are hundreds of years old. Messy is good!<br>
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Now we come to the slightly tricky part, putting in the brick pattern. To do this we will use the length of the wire but this time we will just lightly touch the surface of the foam to etch a straight line into the foam. Make a series of parallel lines evenly spaced along length of the wall and then do the same again at a right angle so you end up with a grid pattern on one side. Make sure you continue the brick pattern along the edges and inside the window. Try and line up these cuts with the grid pattern.<br>
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Now the technically minded will have observed that bricks are not laid like that. The brick layers are usually offset so they overlap each other. This gives the wall strength. Absolutely correct, but that is too much trouble! If you want to do that you can, it will just take a lot longer and the end result will not look that much better.<br>
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Now you can have some fun with the wire putting cracks into the foam and making pock marks, dents etc. This is the fun bit as the piece starts to take on some character. You will also by now be getting the hang of the wire cutter and what it can do for your terrain modeling.<br>
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The last thing I would do is take some aluminium foil and scrunch up a fist sized ball. Nice and densely packed. Now you can use this ball of foil to press into the foam and give the foam some texture. A nice piece of volcanic scoria rock also works well for this.<br>
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Congratulations you have made your first ruin!<br>
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Here is a picture of some of the first ruins I made with my cutter:</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincwvzvP6pFjfW51h3nKMXX49hLocw5smfHMhjwM2R_eDGkx_2frVFog94z3v04plPWTX7zVqR7qWeDN8CW_rLq-OMCDM1H5eRAy0m-KGd0SB87qvB8bStMVjF3FqsJHeLR33zzdiJvBQ/s640/blogger-image--481747804.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincwvzvP6pFjfW51h3nKMXX49hLocw5smfHMhjwM2R_eDGkx_2frVFog94z3v04plPWTX7zVqR7qWeDN8CW_rLq-OMCDM1H5eRAy0m-KGd0SB87qvB8bStMVjF3FqsJHeLR33zzdiJvBQ/s640/blogger-image--481747804.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53KoWZq1MF2TThmYvz3t7R6r1loutEUtptP0CdPNe0v8_Znx6DxS-eXHinFSzrcRqykvdVuSiplJixBhxt9UQRC17FP-dzGmQXvH-2HgbBX_jhmLvpWsRnfhKNzvYXDU8HodaYVmoKeA/s640/blogger-image--847567814.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi53KoWZq1MF2TThmYvz3t7R6r1loutEUtptP0CdPNe0v8_Znx6DxS-eXHinFSzrcRqykvdVuSiplJixBhxt9UQRC17FP-dzGmQXvH-2HgbBX_jhmLvpWsRnfhKNzvYXDU8HodaYVmoKeA/s640/blogger-image--847567814.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Now for the base. With a jig saw or fret saw cut out a piece of 3mm MDF board big enough to fit the ruined wall on it. Cut out an irregular shape and give yourself about a one or two inch wide border around the wall. Use some sand paper to remove the saw burrs and bevel the edge.<br>
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To glue the foam onto the MDF you could use PVA glue but I use a product called liquid nails (Selleys Liquid Nails). This is applied using a caulking gun. This glue is tacky enough to hold the foam in place so you can carry on with the next step. The liquid nails also gives a much stronger bond once cured.<br>
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Remember that piece of foam from the window? Use your cutter to put cracks etc. into that small piece of foam and then glue it to the base near your wall as a larger piece of rubble that has fallen to the ground.<br>
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Okay that is enough for today. Next up will be applying the basing texture, painting and applying the snow flock to finish.<br>
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Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-34104546596816450862016-09-05T13:30:00.002+10:002016-09-05T13:39:58.278+10:00There's life in the Old dog yet!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello all,<br>
<br>Well it has been a while, January 2015 as I check my last posting. Wow how time flies!<br>
I am hoping to get this blog up and going again so this post is to just give a quick update of what has been keeping me busy on the wargaming front for the past eighteen months or so.<br>
<br>When we last met I was suffering from the "Ooooh Shiny" curse that affects so many wargamers.<br>
I was trying to keep focused on a few games to maximise my output. Well eighteen months on and this still remains a problem. I am still playing and painting my "core games" such as Chain of Command for WW2 (North Africa 28mm , Early war Eastern front 15mm) , ECW in 28mm, Empire of the Dead for my VSF fix but I have added some new games to my stable.<br>
<br>By far the biggest addition, and one that has caused a frenzy of minature painting and terrain building is Frostgrave! When this game first appeared I thought "Nah! Not for me" but I got curious and then I listened to the Meeples and Miniatures podcast on Frostgrave and it sounded interesting enough for me to buy the rulebook and a box of Frostgrave soldiers. Well what happened next was I had a wargaming epiphany! <br>
<br>For gentlemen of a certain age who spent their youth battling dragons and bugbears playing Dungeon & Dragons, Frostgrave will have an immediate appeal. The game also has similarities to the GW game Mordheim but I never played that. The game only requires a maximum of ten figures to play so it's an easy in (although you can and will get carried away acquiring a heap of monsters for random encounters) and the D20 mechanic is elegant, quick and often quite deadly too!<br>
<br>The vast majority of 2016 has been taken up with terrain making, figure painting, and playing Frostgrave. I will post a few pictures now of my current setup and will also publish a tutorial on how I made my terrain for anyone else to follow.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi8cS-rKLvFghvUmSJf2cUXaq4zloxrWdH4CF8-wvMfCSCznlNChYmfWD0KO9lkE1GIprvi62R1V2iHZlIFT7XuBrHfY_D4mYvu1jvMPjSyq3feJ548GlDpdtTctjI6yIxyXJxfxhcqY/s640/blogger-image-290950882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghi8cS-rKLvFghvUmSJf2cUXaq4zloxrWdH4CF8-wvMfCSCznlNChYmfWD0KO9lkE1GIprvi62R1V2iHZlIFT7XuBrHfY_D4mYvu1jvMPjSyq3feJ548GlDpdtTctjI6yIxyXJxfxhcqY/s640/blogger-image-290950882.jpg"></a></div><br>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyIYbnlkJDoseH4bzEnTtrwIIFZwMscs7GGcPbUnq5Vlh4dNSoa7oCFAXcZSmMzDKs35Ub9uAuBkjgO8-uXDndZDF4B6VJkJptWSywxXGTyRc_SqQ7MfBXXNH15i622_06_Pcwh9sNzU/s640/blogger-image-1040728493.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyIYbnlkJDoseH4bzEnTtrwIIFZwMscs7GGcPbUnq5Vlh4dNSoa7oCFAXcZSmMzDKs35Ub9uAuBkjgO8-uXDndZDF4B6VJkJptWSywxXGTyRc_SqQ7MfBXXNH15i622_06_Pcwh9sNzU/s640/blogger-image-1040728493.jpg"></a></div><br><br>Another new game that is proving popular at our local club is Lion Rampant ( and Dragon Rampant for the fantasy players). This is another game towards the smaller battle end of the genre where you only need around 40-60 figures to play. A lot of new games are pitched at this sort of commitment level (Saga immediately comes to mind). Lion Rampant focuses on battles between medieval retinues. No specific period is mentioned, but I think roughly the hundred years war period is most appropriate. I have seen Lion rampant being used to play War of the Roses and also Dark Ages games so the rules are quite flexible.<br>
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One of the nice appeals of this game is the potential for imagi-nations games. Several members of my gaming club have put together medieval retinues and created fictional personas for their commanding Lord. I have also put together an army made up from old GW Bretonnian knights and archers with foot sergeants from Fireforge games and Foot knights from Old Glory. My commander is "The Warden of the West Marches" a fictional barony somewhere along the border between Wales and England. We hope to kick off a Lion Rampant campaign later this year which should be a lot of fun.<br>
<br>The last new game that I have taken an interest in for 2016 is the latest edition of Sharp Practice by the Two Fat Lardies. I am already a fan of the Lardies with their excellent Chain of Command WW2 rules and Sharp Practice 2 doesn't disappoint. I have only played a couple of games but I can tell its going to be a lot of fun. Sharp Practice is also a nice way for me to finally get my Napoleonic Russians on the table top. I can play these rules while I slowly build up my army to eventually play Black Powder for Divisional Sized games.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpL3a6lXuxd4pmJQInYxScP-NrK83VfEDfvsmJydXKpKdeuLTBSnEum_L0YXeMnwGeXvM3BnEceSMEsMy7CYIEQOZniwbRVbUA2A19V7lb5KFmDpf7Sq7P3vN0zj2WBiDEbolpGoFAk58/s640/blogger-image--323094020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpL3a6lXuxd4pmJQInYxScP-NrK83VfEDfvsmJydXKpKdeuLTBSnEum_L0YXeMnwGeXvM3BnEceSMEsMy7CYIEQOZniwbRVbUA2A19V7lb5KFmDpf7Sq7P3vN0zj2WBiDEbolpGoFAk58/s640/blogger-image--323094020.jpg"></a></div><br>
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And finally in an attempt to control my wargaming purchases and track my painting progress I have for the last two years kept a record of every figure purchased versus every figure painted. I am aiming to reach a target of 365 figures for the year and end up in the black with more painted than purchased.<br>
I am currently sitting at 182 painted figures for the year. Its an improvement of nearly 40 figures on last year with four months still to go. I do have to put in a solid effort for the rest of the year to hit my 365 target though.<br>
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Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-9192192388228376332015-01-03T22:14:00.001+11:002015-04-29T09:58:04.397+10:00A resolution for the New Year.<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Following on from fellow club members James Wright's and Brendan Day's painting tally (painted versus purchased) for last year I decided to do an accurate stocktake of how far I am in the red. It is probably a bad idea to actually work out the size of the lead mountain but in the words of Sun Tzu "Know your enemy!"</div><div><br></div><div>I counted all the minis and vehicles that are waiting to be painted, undercoated or part painted for gaming periods that I am actively pursuing. Some projects are on indefinite hiatus ( the "couldn't be arsed" group) so I don't count them.</div><div><br></div><div>If I stick to my "No new period/game" mantra for this year I should be able to knock a fair amount of this off the list. I do expect to purchase the odd thing or two to complete these projects like e.g. Some armour for 28mm North Africa Chain of Command or ECW mortar and petard team.</div><div><br></div><div>Of course this doesn't include the terrain projects that are planned for this year including:</div><div>Victorian London buildings for EOTD/IHMN</div><div>WWII 15mm buildings for Crossfire/CoC</div><div>Some more ECW buildings</div><div>North Africa terrain for CoC.</div><div><br></div><div>So here is the list:</div><div>28mm</div><div>Pirates 18</div><div>ECW 76</div><div>EOTD/IHMN 154</div><div>Russian Napoleonics 88</div><div>Blood Bowl 19</div><div>Superheroes 5</div><div>Seven Years War 245</div><div>Mars Attacks 60</div><div>Afrika Corps 38</div><div><br></div><div>15mm & misc.</div><div><br></div><div>WWII infantry 65</div><div>WWII vehicles 55</div><div>Star Trek ships 22.</div><div><br></div><div>So a grand total of:</div><div>572 28mm , 142 15mm & misc.</div><div><br></div><div>Let the painting begin!</div></div>Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-40438158886173265042014-12-01T10:06:00.001+11:002014-12-01T10:06:05.398+11:00The scatter brained wargamerWell I find myself in a bit of a pickle. <div><br></div><div>My efforts to stay focused on one period for an extended period of time lies in tatters on the ground. I do really envy those wargamers that "stay on target". There are guys at my local club that play Napoleonics and nothing else! Every meeting out come their hordes of Russians, French, British, Prussians and Austrians. I think they don't paint a lot as I dont really see any new stuff appearing on the gaming table but if that's what floats their boat then good for them.<div><br></div><div>Not me. I am cursed by a continuing desire to pursue something "Shiny". Lately I have got my painting mojo going and I have managed to paint around 30 odd 28mm miniatures to be used in Empire of the Dead/In her Majesties name VSF/Gothic horror gaming. I still have around another 30 odd left to complete the forces I need to satisfy that particular itch.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq07Ok-vv6Z3HWnE1zJunRBJLcG4Up39GGVzHvRf7CHvL1t57SICJbAFoPQzwMxuHjDfNHW85obxuILqVINWn2x2bR7QqOv2NvdXZsFbYSJEmcp0SQmlnkMMK2kjJ9Ge9tizs1-YzWWYg/s640/blogger-image-987505941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq07Ok-vv6Z3HWnE1zJunRBJLcG4Up39GGVzHvRf7CHvL1t57SICJbAFoPQzwMxuHjDfNHW85obxuILqVINWn2x2bR7QqOv2NvdXZsFbYSJEmcp0SQmlnkMMK2kjJ9Ge9tizs1-YzWWYg/s640/blogger-image-987505941.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That dashing fellow Shaftsbury and his loyal steam Bulldog Winston!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcae3T1UF3fJDgZS2jEZ-3rHzSKkXy2pk3Hn47DIj8-Ap55F-t1zB2cwAME5cbd019EDPttoc23r2tn_R5t836ZpdjmMdC8X13Voc4tUwqrh2x1ZsXgTygB6YbRbD3E0hzvvXVBI55y2c/s640/blogger-image--2096969545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcae3T1UF3fJDgZS2jEZ-3rHzSKkXy2pk3Hn47DIj8-Ap55F-t1zB2cwAME5cbd019EDPttoc23r2tn_R5t836ZpdjmMdC8X13Voc4tUwqrh2x1ZsXgTygB6YbRbD3E0hzvvXVBI55y2c/s640/blogger-image--2096969545.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The evil mastermind Moriarty, the cunning Fagin and a random ruffian.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6fSklHSNaWK6e6tKruyGZIyDD4cu0QopNX0bxlvYBUGKh4jut_7V68d3DE32MXpSXeObzYI9NmQ3dvj7kyflGaVk4DC6tob7vdzUYkrTw_kFqWwUyZZJU37KGU_dtao-oPXw30nwexk/s640/blogger-image--814706165.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV6fSklHSNaWK6e6tKruyGZIyDD4cu0QopNX0bxlvYBUGKh4jut_7V68d3DE32MXpSXeObzYI9NmQ3dvj7kyflGaVk4DC6tob7vdzUYkrTw_kFqWwUyZZJU37KGU_dtao-oPXw30nwexk/s640/blogger-image--814706165.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Moriarty's romantic interest. No slouch with a sonic oscillating pistol either!</div><br></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">After that I have a whole platoon plus supports of German Afrika Corps in 28mm so I can finally play a game of Chain of Command. At least I have finished the eighth army British platoon.</span></div><div><br></div><div>Also in what has turned out to thankfully, not be such a large divergence, I have quickly churned out a platoon of Russian WW2 infantry in 15mm again for Chain of Command as fellow Crossfire player Michael Stringer (and recent victorious German CiC from the international event "Operation Crossfire") was interested in using CoC to play Barbarossa 41-42. The Russians are done but I will probably do a german platoon for myself anyway so I have a matched pair. Thankfully 15mm WWII is quick to paint.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVplJfdALdpAFmGWasMxD3YziB__diSfWp_uOAaLiVsWbhEOWPAwQTrOexc11fXBhSfa6NOSlRktpSfw3yo3zfki_XKskW_-bbcoY2Ze3XcQBXnMfScerUNTok4-Lai6knDuNYjGUGHcQ/s640/blogger-image--1728849340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVplJfdALdpAFmGWasMxD3YziB__diSfWp_uOAaLiVsWbhEOWPAwQTrOexc11fXBhSfa6NOSlRktpSfw3yo3zfki_XKskW_-bbcoY2Ze3XcQBXnMfScerUNTok4-Lai6knDuNYjGUGHcQ/s640/blogger-image--1728849340.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">15mm Russians on the painting table for Chain of Command. To undercoat the Russians I used a new product Vallejo's surface primer. This is very easily to apply and it forms a great base to apply paints.</div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Then after that I still have a few units to complete my Parliamentarian ECW army. I need another pike and shotte regiment and a commanded Shotte unit followed by about three troops of horse.</span></div><div><br></div><div>And lastly, in a real impulse move I bought the starter box for the new Mars Attacks game from Mantic.</div><div>I loved the movie and I love the whole pulpy, cheesy Sci Fi genre. The box sadly comes with a squad of modern US soldiers to oppose the Martians. (Geez Mantic! If you are going to do the genre right you have to have B movie US army guys not modern soldiers!)</div><div>I will most likely flog off the modern US soldiers to fellow gamer James who will use them as Shield troopers for his super hero games. I ended up buying a box of Wargames Factory WWII US infantry which just scream B movie US army or national guard.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEkA2dphwbmTDZ6qtGmMq1IUevuwm-o-AHWbDGNUiVDiJhswkG1XRLP3QL3jrQqA9VaqrZXu1YE6OU8XYFFfkrkuNTD0s9wYQA5fwzgAGbv6gG5reLl3icSaPDv5rKw3LDKXzCfZFTWQ/s640/blogger-image-1530162859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEkA2dphwbmTDZ6qtGmMq1IUevuwm-o-AHWbDGNUiVDiJhswkG1XRLP3QL3jrQqA9VaqrZXu1YE6OU8XYFFfkrkuNTD0s9wYQA5fwzgAGbv6gG5reLl3icSaPDv5rKw3LDKXzCfZFTWQ/s640/blogger-image-1530162859.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Lastly I have about 20 pirates to finish off my crews for my Scratchbuilt ships.</div><div><br></div><div>Oh and did I mention I still have some 28mm Russian Napoleonics to finish too!</div><div><br></div><div>And this doesn't cover the various terrain projects I have to do including more buildings for ECW and 15mm WWII and 28mm Victorian London buildings for EOTD/IHMN.</div><div><br></div><div>So you see I really do have a problem. However I am determined to put in a mega painting effort to reduce this backlog as much as I can before the end of the year. Why do I need to do this? Well I have yet another period to start and its a real doozy. I have a box full of 28mm Prussians for Seven Years War as my major project for 2015.</div><div><br></div><div>And that's it! Hand on my heart I will not start another period until I have knocked a few of these projects off the list. I need to become a more focused gamer so that at the very least I can actually play some games of these periods. At the moment I can really only game 28mm VSF (EOTD/IHMN) and ECW and the ECW, I don't have a matching army so I can play at home.</div><div><br></div><div>Having said all that, I have a really big desire to start some 28mm Landsknecht for Italian wars but I think I can hold off on that madness for now!</div><div><br></div><div>One positive of all this for you, my devoted followers, is that I can post a fair bit of eye candy of these different projects and with the summer holidays upon us I have more time to post on my blog. So keep checking in from time to time to see whether my new "focus" prevails.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Neil</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-56809181534522602622014-10-05T19:17:00.001+11:002014-10-05T19:17:23.903+11:00NWA's Open Day - part fourThe final post covering our club open day covering the games that didn't fit into a special category.<div><br></div><div>We had a nice looking game from the Russian Civil War. This is the first time this period has been featured at the club and club members Richard Bradley and Jon Bunce put together a great looking game. The rules used are Triumph and Tragedy.</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSP2jzAgUP6tC4-xVv7XWfwei-qDkI-D8epDJI2CoF9o6sGPhHA2SLG4NVQIrChFcVjiephMhHeg-caQvy80AdNZBYmWyd0RZCV8eodRiwgSuo8iRNuJ7N13V8KixCS3AsXtIPJlHLN6A/s640/blogger-image--412750232.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSP2jzAgUP6tC4-xVv7XWfwei-qDkI-D8epDJI2CoF9o6sGPhHA2SLG4NVQIrChFcVjiephMhHeg-caQvy80AdNZBYmWyd0RZCV8eodRiwgSuo8iRNuJ7N13V8KixCS3AsXtIPJlHLN6A/s640/blogger-image--412750232.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The objective of the game was the Russian royal family had to escape the clutches of the evil red Russians while the White Russians tried to stop them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6NIm6Ji4RY9LsrBUsR3m6xWTDynnukPo5hnmiXPqFh-58KoUBu0ixhDcQ7wBTuzjbsReZphoxHcBgU3JkikIuVcdmF4qArOTSTWQmtP1WqdDRDBlMZ9sydT60r2eE1yZuEM20i43bLA/s640/blogger-image--906291803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb6NIm6Ji4RY9LsrBUsR3m6xWTDynnukPo5hnmiXPqFh-58KoUBu0ixhDcQ7wBTuzjbsReZphoxHcBgU3JkikIuVcdmF4qArOTSTWQmtP1WqdDRDBlMZ9sydT60r2eE1yZuEM20i43bLA/s640/blogger-image--906291803.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbHM80jIJhc3Y944zM1EnSgB5qCbefNERRXuiipNscqlVT4AJ3RvoWDNKNROnDIiMyFSfejAY7WSohtJYjmVBKU3uADwny5U9prYIhmBqs9bwpbSzM-0gvTCx1mk0JT6FIxaGI1WhMTM/s640/blogger-image-605775213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbHM80jIJhc3Y944zM1EnSgB5qCbefNERRXuiipNscqlVT4AJ3RvoWDNKNROnDIiMyFSfejAY7WSohtJYjmVBKU3uADwny5U9prYIhmBqs9bwpbSzM-0gvTCx1mk0JT6FIxaGI1WhMTM/s640/blogger-image-605775213.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tpIBC8zW1m8sraHuxtmzNsJCwTKZCn0jXlB2tfLfHXniHG_KUHwqdZQkUWVS5AwFrzVRcZBVi6_zw_qA6Lqyw2Nfp3Hv9bizYieDwmI8BPuzG56ceJ0XMEQuP-zZKo5P9G5vmxKlZ8k/s640/blogger-image-2002236836.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1tpIBC8zW1m8sraHuxtmzNsJCwTKZCn0jXlB2tfLfHXniHG_KUHwqdZQkUWVS5AwFrzVRcZBVi6_zw_qA6Lqyw2Nfp3Hv9bizYieDwmI8BPuzG56ceJ0XMEQuP-zZKo5P9G5vmxKlZ8k/s640/blogger-image-2002236836.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNfMVythttE4rHag88jNPdf0ZxgYYF6uVSgcRLTKtGXU7bXTZi3YR2hQvAf0CkDPG_vZwid995WHpRApsNl_VJR54SsXVMJjdhjOLVTBZZLzwwwEx6MPaK1k84zcE7NPUDjW5UskwZEAM/s640/blogger-image-1539683263.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNfMVythttE4rHag88jNPdf0ZxgYYF6uVSgcRLTKtGXU7bXTZi3YR2hQvAf0CkDPG_vZwid995WHpRApsNl_VJR54SsXVMJjdhjOLVTBZZLzwwwEx6MPaK1k84zcE7NPUDjW5UskwZEAM/s640/blogger-image-1539683263.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57jBPY0p5b5DQpNSOj8LrLhh7CCtFy4rMS4CR0Nn3Fe7k_dZKEIWtu0shZQC_TbLMUIioxpb1jxEnxi7KDGrDlhvLHV4UXTgrjhZbuP1HWB0nzlETSBsjy42jk8qceif4U5eMZhrwhJE/s640/blogger-image-84270222.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh57jBPY0p5b5DQpNSOj8LrLhh7CCtFy4rMS4CR0Nn3Fe7k_dZKEIWtu0shZQC_TbLMUIioxpb1jxEnxi7KDGrDlhvLHV4UXTgrjhZbuP1HWB0nzlETSBsjy42jk8qceif4U5eMZhrwhJE/s640/blogger-image-84270222.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Some lovely looking armoured cars in this game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Our good friends from the Berwick Wargamers brought along their popular fictional 70s African game using the Chain of Command rules. 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Little Wars but it is worth another look at an excellent game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-v6_uRemS_RaNJ_uDpqo4NjDpALNdjJeiSBrLw6jMixOEbMQ6Uyn0osmomWLZ3fBcRzw0c3fojvx8SxLMjWcyy3hLRMoSc-epGvfrXlpfnKz-avoHYhEn07Gq7jHuAMU0Vd1_RnzgVLQ/s640/blogger-image--1392394685.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-v6_uRemS_RaNJ_uDpqo4NjDpALNdjJeiSBrLw6jMixOEbMQ6Uyn0osmomWLZ3fBcRzw0c3fojvx8SxLMjWcyy3hLRMoSc-epGvfrXlpfnKz-avoHYhEn07Gq7jHuAMU0Vd1_RnzgVLQ/s640/blogger-image--1392394685.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdi4gHIypVicH327M-RxetHP8eHydKtKklU76QXt9EdG2F_j8rsUkRG8tLvaoEHJcSrDDkg2XD0FoN6DAhu21wMkeALXpxFCJzwB5jgllbt36KhMO7LwsG9MWtAGwn5_6-dO2OQhnDXU/s640/blogger-image-934974775.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifdi4gHIypVicH327M-RxetHP8eHydKtKklU76QXt9EdG2F_j8rsUkRG8tLvaoEHJcSrDDkg2XD0FoN6DAhu21wMkeALXpxFCJzwB5jgllbt36KhMO7LwsG9MWtAGwn5_6-dO2OQhnDXU/s640/blogger-image-934974775.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9HOkxAWfgBUzFmkRGqdz-ZYrEuMTSauj-3KCEvm0rSH3cB1LE6maq2xvuKdh19pFOcZ73EwiU9T-idXsNjwGeyJv3KNF7CDUsL0IF-JPsu7EQgxkbWnlnnwMGPUBmxvGN2xznOfIRRQ/s640/blogger-image-1414712593.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz9HOkxAWfgBUzFmkRGqdz-ZYrEuMTSauj-3KCEvm0rSH3cB1LE6maq2xvuKdh19pFOcZ73EwiU9T-idXsNjwGeyJv3KNF7CDUsL0IF-JPsu7EQgxkbWnlnnwMGPUBmxvGN2xznOfIRRQ/s640/blogger-image-1414712593.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Lord of the Rings gang put on a nice battle of Osgiliath game.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGd0fMG6gU0K8d4MjZKPwJ0I1JCC5y5Ej4lcdOTO5iuXvyEl84tqpUvHADa8KxuL5pnEH5AE4i2QjrNe5JN52IkiKuikWIEdrY-o8wby3Lz85Q1REH_jX04AED23kOglRq5a5jLNzFwrM/s640/blogger-image--1328234201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGd0fMG6gU0K8d4MjZKPwJ0I1JCC5y5Ej4lcdOTO5iuXvyEl84tqpUvHADa8KxuL5pnEH5AE4i2QjrNe5JN52IkiKuikWIEdrY-o8wby3Lz85Q1REH_jX04AED23kOglRq5a5jLNzFwrM/s640/blogger-image--1328234201.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEJNt-1YDDE4sgQDDCy0UaRRZOxVnJmt4C_GWMBeXNzt4q3KY9qAQ8Tv15VTZLgLHiW-4CyctwqMY9TKeN46h3MI2ZnLT0PTaq68WMjQ-zVVBHWMymnHHVi8rS2FnKTjf5Q_Z18upBYM/s640/blogger-image--185246478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnEJNt-1YDDE4sgQDDCy0UaRRZOxVnJmt4C_GWMBeXNzt4q3KY9qAQ8Tv15VTZLgLHiW-4CyctwqMY9TKeN46h3MI2ZnLT0PTaq68WMjQ-zVVBHWMymnHHVi8rS2FnKTjf5Q_Z18upBYM/s640/blogger-image--185246478.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZaVId_iJ7kIYjY5FNnqQBeumpjBlvQkBWfYLBacVzkPfxEz8OWQwGY6ERFn1L74QABsAJRxulO1a5ADCleRGhTFuSZ8XlCM9m8cV0ajXKoeVnfXyZGgHkFs6Xwvwk5EIOvSDAbtQ6mA/s640/blogger-image--292054676.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZaVId_iJ7kIYjY5FNnqQBeumpjBlvQkBWfYLBacVzkPfxEz8OWQwGY6ERFn1L74QABsAJRxulO1a5ADCleRGhTFuSZ8XlCM9m8cV0ajXKoeVnfXyZGgHkFs6Xwvwk5EIOvSDAbtQ6mA/s640/blogger-image--292054676.jpg"></a></div><br></div><br></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">And so that was it for another year. I really do think we raised the bar again for Open Day displays</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">All the games were of a very high quality and they really do illustrate why NWA is the best wargaming club in the country (IMHO).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Bye for now.</div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div>Neil Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04288828331074042566noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7044299536194820781.post-82923356743521674412014-10-05T18:51:00.001+11:002014-10-05T18:56:04.677+11:00NWA's Open Day - part three!Hello all,<div><br></div><div>This is the second last post covering our club's open day from August. Life seemed to get in the way last month but I am back with a vengeance this month with several things to post about.</div><div><br></div><div>The last area to cover from the open day was the World War II section. I have already covered my own display game of the battle of Arnhem but there were three other WWII games on show including two Battle of The Bulge games. Both Bulge games used Flames of War. The first game was a historical refight of Pieper's charge. The other games was a replay of the climatic battles of the Hollywood film Battle of The Bulge complete with US Patton tanks playing the role of the German Tigers!</div><div>The film had Telly Sevalas' Chaffee with missing Turret and also featured a helicopter film crew to film all the unhistorical goodness!</div><div><br></div><div>So on to the pictures!</div><div><br></div><div>Pieper's Charge!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFTYlzyFDgApJRPZd322hJxBUbh2x_8fkY8sVyaqPhUNQeKLWuL5xkEEcvq9GfmOQ6DSHGJfgahgbD-E3j8WMhOQ4juQ0beTQPoQ6yQiBPnOxu70_tOsH6VywQB2W6O8Xmkw4Ow-MM5w/s640/blogger-image--1010639332.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFTYlzyFDgApJRPZd322hJxBUbh2x_8fkY8sVyaqPhUNQeKLWuL5xkEEcvq9GfmOQ6DSHGJfgahgbD-E3j8WMhOQ4juQ0beTQPoQ6yQiBPnOxu70_tOsH6VywQB2W6O8Xmkw4Ow-MM5w/s640/blogger-image--1010639332.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbYzvLhOberkxUiaf5RbagVhp5XCSWT6NSSb4XFHq_dKJiLjSJX5FVwZI_GnLKELjUTs7MfUuHZ7qZZe-PWCDl0ok_DoBq49HNwQulBSKRzvNFQv1vfVMV1hhXCZGOhQTF_rlJvS2blA/s640/blogger-image-610638915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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